It will be harder for security agencies to access journalists' phone and internet records, under new measures negotiated by Labor and the Government in their wrangling over contentious data retention laws.

A journalists' union slams Tony Abbott's defence of metadata protections as "ludicrous" after the Prime Minister compares the current debate to his experiences working in the media more than three decades ago.

The recently clarified "community standards" on Facebook are not set by any one community so much as imposed upon all people. This is a reminder of how little direct control we exert over our online lives.

Insurance giant AAMI could hand over data to police from its Safe Driver App and is leaving the door open to increasing insurance premiums based on a driver's score, prompting more debate over the privacy implications of data retention.